The Showdown Effect is a 2.5D multiplayer action game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Paradox Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. Inspired by 80’s and 90’s action movies, where champions from different eras of time fight to the death, for fun, for glory, and for awesome, the goal of the development team was to "recreate the outrageous combat found in classic action movies".
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Gameplay
The Showdown Effect is a 2.5D multiplayer action game where players battle for the upper hand through cunning use of different weapons, the game's wide range dynamic environments and even the engine's own dramatic audiovisual effects.
Weapons
The Showdown Effect allows you to customise your character's loadout. Below you will find a list of weapons you can equip in the game. You start off with access to Machine Guns, Swords, and Kung Fu and can then purchase additional weapons to unlock them.
Maps
The following is a list of maps found in the multiplayer portion of the game:
Media
The following pages cover the multiple different media coverage for this game, from concept art to game trailers.
- — Artwork
- — Screenshots
- — Videos
Editions
The Showdown Effect can be pre-order via the official website. The following descriptions detail the various pre-order bonuses and different editions of the game available.
System Requirements
Operating system: Windows Vista / Windows 7/Mac OSX 10.7 or later
